I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world. And I feel like it's our job to put that down on paper, and put it out into the world, so that it can be remembered.

I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!

In all your getting, get understanding.

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.

You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D

When you think of how a child experiences a series of events, it feels, for so long, like she's looking at everything from behind this glass and it's obscured.